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This isn't true - you can still submit through Direct File: https://directfile.irs.gov/ https://directfile.irs.gov/
by janeerie 1y ago
This isn't true - you can still submit through Direct File: https://directfile.irs.gov/ https://directfile.irs.gov/
- paxys 1y agoFor the 2024 tax season yes. Funding bill removes it for 2025 onward.
- janeerie 1y agoYes, but you may want to reword this part, since it implies that DF is already shut down: "The IRS will no longer accept returns directly."
- pimlottc 1y ago> "The IRS will no longer accept returns directly." Where are you finding that quote, I don't see it on the Direct File homepage [0] EDIT: Ah, I see now, it was from paxys's original post [1], I assumed it was meant to be an official quote from the IRS somewhere. 0: https://directfile.irs.gov/ https://directfile.irs.gov/ 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183593 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183593
- janeerie 1y agoThis was in the post I was responding to.
- pimlottc 1y agoI'm confused, the post you responded just says: > For the 2024 tax season yes. Funding bill removes it for 2025 onward.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183593 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183593
- jadbox 1y agoSigh. How much did cutting direct file really save?!
- kelnos 1y agoIrrelevant. Those in power don't actually care about saving money. They care about doing what their deep-pocketed donors want them to do, as well as fulfilling their ideology, however misguided and backward it may be.
- paxys 1y agoIt was never about saving. The new budget literally adds $2.4 trillion to the federal defecit.
- onlyrealcuzzo 1y agoIt adds $2.4T MORE than otherwise would've been added (which is already a lot) over a decade. So it's adding an extra $240B in deficit per year (on top of an already ~6-7% of GDP deficit).
- pjc50 1y agoIt makes it more expensive. But the important figure was the million dollar bribe.
- thuanao 1y agoIt was cut because tax preparing companies pay the politicians to cut it.